The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-12-02
Ghe 1emorraf- im
A~CALlFORNIA oMANC
HOW Two Men Who Began Lite
Together Became Deadly
Enemies,


ten years previously in the heat
passion, but the Information thi
comes from the T~ransvaal conntr,
III South Africa, of the Shoofing {
Y. 4. Hobbs-old 10. X.r as tb
California boys know him by Jc,
ferson Mcclellan, is the SEQUEL Il
the story that makes the nmfoun
nate occurrence a romance. Boil
OF these men were among the Stur
dy pioneers who made The days oil
AZ on the Pacific slope the greatest
epoch in It's history. Hobbs, and
perhaps Mcclellan as well, drifted
out there from Missouri. when Geo.
Hearst, now Senator. William NJ.
Lent, and a dozen other men of tue
same type lett the banks of the
Mississippi tor the golden laden
shores OF the Pacific.
The strong ties that are formed
between men sharing the hardshlps
OF such a life as was led ia Califor
MA IN those days made Hobbs and
Mcclellan the frmest OF friends.
The former, not false To the career
OF a miner and p%rospector, aud at.
ter passing through all its yicissi.
tudes, embraced his first opportu.
nifty to settle down as a ranchman,
and early in tue sixties was the
owner of the finest property in the
San Jose Valley, The present town
OF San Jose Was then only a ham.
let. There he built "a palatial resi-
dence, married II Mexican wumau
whom be had met ia one of the
mining camps, and was soon the
mead OF a considerable family. He
devoted himself 10 his raucb and
Kept out OF mining speculati ms.
As the fortunes OF the country pro.
crossed Hobbs advanced in wealth
and influence, and in 1876 lie. was
tue leading man in bis county. DO.
~iitically aud otherwise. 1t vas he
who made such a brilliant fight TO
make Rlchgrd RyIand Governor in
1876, when !" lillian Irwin captured
the prize.
The position which Hobbs has
made for himself in life, and the
wealth he bad amassed, gave assn.
rance OF peace and plenty for his
increasing Yeas bad he Kept OIL in
the same path. But he didn't.
Fairy tales of tue untold wealth of
tue Bodie and Mono districts were
on every tongue il Frisco. The
pauper OF 10 day was The rich man
the morrow. 1t seemed that
one only had to climb into thu Ian
fortune in order to sit there
stalled IN by riches for the remain
Ter OF bis lite. Hundreds went up
.nto the mountains, laid out a mine.
listed Its stock 10 the San Francisco
Exchange, and pocketed thousands
by the transaction. The craze
stlrred mp the old time feeling in
HOBBS for the excitement in his
ormer life, and &C. X.1 was once
0oTe a familiar figure in The Stock
3oard. He became president of J
ne Booker Mining Company and
unk halt his fortune in IT next
@ mortg aged his ranch at San Jose D
D go INTO another speculation, and
nat resulted in his losing his
ouse. A
Finally Hobbs drifted into the
Enterprise which cost him his life C,
lt IN Africa. james Morgan, Of dc
francisco, was at the head of X.
syndicate that was irving 10 de
cop the Mammoth mining district
mono county, whore fabulous
ches were sad to be Gin sight.D
I'm, Cross who is now living in
xurious ease at the Hoffman a
ouse In this city, was the SUPER
PENDENT of these mines. and y
Mcclellan turned up as his
remain. 1t was strange fortune
well as an Ill one. that induced
ODDS to invest several thousand NJ
lars IN the stock, and afterwards y
make an inspection of the mine.
en-" Mcclellan, who had spent
intervening years on the Com
'ck lode, had also bought some of Tn
> stock, and when Hobbs left Cor "
o francisco be carried with him
thousand sh Tres to sell for Me n,
'ilan's benefit. The latter ex.
'ted to realize S25, 900. but when vi
wells, Fargo & Co. stage re.
ned to Mono there was only
,,OOO. Mcclellan charged Hobbs =,
a deirauding him out of the a q
''VOO' A bitter enmity between BOZ
Two men ensued, aud il was 40
o"n throughout all California NJ
! snonld they ever mret one of
m would have to die. 4
he same curious fate Tho, h.,1
nght the two men together in :
mammoth mine deal kept them
II Tor the next few years. Me.
lian returned to the ComStork a
Tor be was more of a min.r
. a Speculation, while Hobbs.
little left of the three-onarters M
million he once had, Knocked Nor
nt the Stock Board of San -
ociseo. When the Mackay and aE
~ cliqnes changed their base
.Pesations to thIs city in 1879
Us came With them, and he was -
'1sensive operator on the Amer. NJ
mining Exchange, now out Of
.don lion here he drifted to Ieay
.uSn' aud The tragedy iust re-
IA A-
) be was ~atfrsc,ad SHOWS ABS
IN s,e snort TO regain his LOST a
Hobbs went out there Il
I14l 10 look iuso I'll Y